Monthly Archives: February 2021

New York commission group report recommends licensing social workers to provide limited legal services

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss recent report and recommendations of a New York commission working group, which recommends, inter alia, the licensing of social workers to perform legal services.  The Report and Recommendations of the … Continue reading

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ABA Formal Opinion 497 provides guidance on how lawyers should address materially adverse interests strong

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss recent American Bar Association (ABA) Formal Opinion 497, which addresses how lawyers should address materially adverse interests and provides guidance.  ABA Formal Opinion 497 is here:  https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/aba-formal-opinion-497.pdf   The ABA press … Continue reading

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Florida lawyer is disbarred for soliciting and engaging in sexual acts with inmates in jail and filming the acts

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent Florida Supreme Court opinion disbarring a lawyer for having sex with incarcerated inmates in jail and filming the acts.  The case is The Florida Bar v. Andrew Spark, … Continue reading

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Florida Bar files Notice that Professional Ethics Committee will consider proposed opinion on responding to online criticism by non-clients

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent Florida Bar Notice that the Florida Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee (PEC) will consider a proposed advisory opinion (PAO) 20-1 providing guidance on responding to online criticism by … Continue reading

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